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Flag of the Istalian Empire
Flag of Istalia
Use National and Civil flag
Adopted 5103
Design A horizontal tricolor (green, white and red) with the Coat of Arms of the Istalian Empire in the middle of two other tiny blue stripes bordering the white band
Designer Mattia of Istalia

The current flag of Istalia, officially Flag of the Istalian Empire, is the national flag of the Country since 5103, when the Istalian Empire has been restored, and it's one of its National symbols. It is the flag adopted in 5474 by the First Istalian Empire, which retained the structure and the colors scheme of the previous istalian republican flag, replacing the republican emblem with the Coat of Arms of the Istalian Empire while two golden stripes were added to the tricolor in reference to the Empire.

Description of the flag[]

The flag is a horizontal tricolour of, from above to below, green, white and red. The central white band, larger than the others, is bordered by two thinner blue stripes slightly separated from the green and red bands. All the color bands are divided by thin golden line. In the center of the white band there is the Coat of Arms of the Istalian Empire. These colors are traditionaly associated to Istalia and Istalians deriving from the royal banners of the Kingdom of Istalia.

The Colors[]

The colors of the istalian flag, as said, derived from the colors showed on the flag of the Kingdom of Istalia, with the time impregnated of symbolism and associated with istalian nationalist ideals.
The green is the color of the shores of the peninsula Sarrentina seen by the Kingdom of Istalia, which at the time controlled only the island of Alaria; it represents the hope the istalians had to retake the lost territories and reunify the fatherland but also the fertility of the lush istalian lands; the white is the color of the purity, indicating how the cause of istalian fighters was noble, righteous and sinless but it is also the local traditional color of the Hosianism, the istalian most diffused religion in contrast with the ahmadi faith of the quanzari invaders and which during the struggles against them was an important unifying and representative element of the Istalian population; the red finally represent the blood shed by istalian people and its martyrs under the foreign oppression and during the fight to drive out the foreign occupant. The blue on the thinner internal bands is another color linked to Istalia, deriving from the most ancient Nacosia House banner, and often used by organizations focused to drive out the Quanzars and to unify the istalian people. The two stripes above and below the emblem indicates that the Republic is born and is supported by the istalian people (lower stripe) but also that it is subjected to the will of the istalian people (upper stripe). The insertion of the golden stripes wants reflect the new imperial status of Istalia.

Coat of Arms of the Istalian Empire[]

Coat of Arms of the Istalian Empire

The Coat of Arms of the Empire

The Coat of Arms of the Istalian Empire was designed by Michele Appiano De Borromei itself after his acclamation to Emperor of the Istalians. The Coat of Arms was modelled to express the prestige, the greatness and the imperial ambition of the new imperial istalian state. The Coat of Arms uses all the colors associated to Istalia and Istalians, merged in a profusion of gold, associated to the Imperial Dignity.
The Arms depicts a ancient selucian shield with a golden eagle regardant with wings inverted resting on thunderbolts in front of a green background. The shield is surrounded by an Imperial red mantle lined with ermines in the natural, filled with golden bees. The shield is topped by a golden eagle Imperial Crown, surrounding the shield is the Order of the Istalian Star. Cross behind the shield are the Scepter of Justice and Mercy. Michele the First once said that he was inspired by the glorious ancient selucian heritage of Istalia and, in fact, from Selucia he adopted the Imperial Eagle on thunderbolts, associated to the supreme imperium of the State and to the king of the gods of the Selucian Religion; the colors of the coat of arms clearly resume those of the Istalian flag. As a monarchical Coast of Arms, Michele the First respected the tradition, using the signs and the symbol of the monarchical power: a national honor, the Order of the Istalian Star, the scepter and the hand of the justice and finally, obviously, the Imperial Crown, designed, declared Michele the First, by his brother Grand Prince Mattia, a crown which uses again the symbolism of the eagle. The bees on the imperial red coat derives from an ancient symbols of the Alarian proto-historical and early historical civilizations, which is attested they practised beekeeping where the ancient kings boasting large and sacral bee farms, as stated by Grand Prince Mattia, which was at the time an artist and docent in an artistic univeristy of an Alarian city.

Other official flags[]

Imperial Standard[]

Standard of the Istalian Emperor

The Imperial Standard

This is the official standard of the Emperor of the Istalians, resumed with the Imperial flag in 5103 with the restoration of the Empire. It was created in 4574 and adopted by the National Assembly alongside the new Imperial flag and Coat of Arms. It consist of a red rectangle bordered by a blue adge, in which is inserted a white rhombus, containing a green rectangle. Within the green retcangle there is a golden imperial eagle with thunderbolds sourmounted by an Imperial crown. Each of the four white triangles contains a golden bee while each red triangle contain an I, for Empire in Istalian, whitin a golden laurel crown. All the coloured sections of the flag are bordered in gold.

Flag of Alaria[]

Alarianism flag

Flag of Alaria

It is the flag of the Federal Community of Alaria, one of the two constituent community making up the federal structure of the Third Istalian Empire. It was the national flag adopted by the Alarian Republic in 5033 after its declaration of independence and which it was maintained also when it joined the Union of Quanzar and Alaria. This flag, however, date backs to the centuries of the First Istalian Empire when it was created and became the main symbol of the Alarianism the authonomist movement emerged on Alaria. For this reason the current Alarian community keep in place this flag as its official standard. The flag merges the colors of the regions of Sarregna and Silicia, today known as Nicoma and Cisavugli, which in turn are the traditional istalian colors, being Alaria considered as the cradle of the istalian civilization, and the sun displayed in the Sarregnan flag, symbolizing the rising sun which Alaria sees first then any other part of Istalia and whole Majatra.

Flag of the Sarrentine Community[]

Flag of Quanzar

Flag of the Sarrentine community

This is the flag of the Sarrentine Federal Community, the other constituent community making up the federal structure of the Third Istalian Empire. This is the flag adopted by the Community of Quanzar in 5033 when it declared its independence and which it was maintained as symbol of Quanzar when it joined the Alarian Republic into the Union of Quanzar and Alaria. The flag is a red, white and yellow tricolor with in the middle the same federal symbol of the Union of Quanzar and Alaria, a triskeles with a winged Gorgon head in the middle and three wheat ears. This flag, colors apart, is virtually identical to the one of the Union of Quanzar and Alaria which replaces red and yellow with the black and green, while keeping the same gorgon in the middle. To date it is not clear which of the two flags inspired the other, but with regard to the colors of the flag of the Community of Quanzar, it has taken up those of the city flag of Romula.

After the abolition of the Community of Quanzar, the fate of this flag is still uncertain and it is not clear whether the authorities of the Sarrentine Federal Community will keep it or if it will be replaced, but since the restoration of the Third Empire, requests and proposals have emerged for a new flag less linked to the legacy of the Union of Quanzar and Alaria and to the independent Community. of Quanzar.

Historical Flags[]

The following flags, from the most recent to the oldest one, are all the other national flag adopted by the several political regime existed in Istalia or in place of it.

Flag of the Istalian Union of Quanzar and Alaria[]

Quanzar and Ist flag

Flag of the Istalian Union of Quanzar and Alaria

It was the official flag of the Istalian Union of Quanzar and Alaria between 5080 and 5103. The color scheme of the flag was very similar to that of flags used by nations once ruled by the Quanzar Empire, including the Central Majatran Federation flag in Kalopia, the Royal Flag of Kafuristan, and the Solentian-Majatran flag, but the symbolism was diferent.

Description of the flag[]

The flag was a horizontal green, white, and black tricolor, with a red isosceles triangle with a white star in its center on the hoist-side. The flag combined the colors and symbolism of the flag of the Union of Quanzar and Alaria with that of the Union of Quanzari Soviets. The green, white, and black tricolor was a reference to the three main ethnic groups in the country, while the white five pointed star within a red triangle was a reference to Istalian democracy and republicanism. A white five-pointed star on a red background was the flag of the Union of Quanzari Soviets, the first republican and democratic regime in Quanzar/Istalia.

The Colors[]

The three colors in the flag of Quanzar and Alaria were partially chosen due to their presence in other flags of nations once ruled by the Empire of Quanzar. The black-white-green tricolor was one of the revolutionary symbols used by nationalist rebels against the Quanzar Empire, and in modern times it was adopted as a symbol of both Majatran and Kalopian nationalism, popularized by in the latter role by the Central Majatran Federation. In Quanzar and Alaria the black-white-green tricolor was adopted by the Movement for the Independence of Quanzar, the main opponent of the military junta ruling under the last years of the Sixth Istalian Republic, and it originally refered to peace (white) between the Majatran (black) and Istalian (green) ethnicities. The following symbolism was that black refered to Quanzari Majatrans, white to Sarrentines, and green to Alarians. The red triangle was originally inspired by Socialist Heraldry, but now it refers to Istalian democracy and republicanism.

Emblem of the Istalian Union of Quanzar and Alaria[]

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Emblem of the Istalian Union of Quanzar and Alaria

The Emblem of the Istalian Union of Quanzar and Alaria consisted of a white five-pointed star within a red five-spoked cogwheel within three concentric green, white, and black circles, surrounded by laurel branches. The emblem was a modified version of the emblem of the Sixth Istalian Republic, originally adopted by left-leaning forces supportive of local nationalisms.

Flag of the Union of Quanzar and Alaria[]

Quanzar and Alaria flag

The flag of the Union of Quanzar and Alaria

The flag of the Union of Quanzar and Alaria was the national flag of the country between 5034 to 5074. It was a vertical black, white, and green tricolor, with the federal symbol in the center. The symbol consisted of a triskeles with a winged Gorgon head in the middle and three wheat ears. The triskeles was originally a regional symbol of Quanzar and was a reference to the triangular shape of the Sarrentina Peninsula, as well as the three main ethnic groups of the Union. The Gorgon is a figure from Selucian mythology, and represented the Selucian origin of the cultures of both Quanzar and Alaria, as well as the endangered gorgon lizard endemic to Alaria. The wheat ears referenced the fertility of the land of Quanzar and Alaria.

Emblem of the Union of Quanzar and Alaria[]

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Emblem of the Union of Quanzar and Alaria

The Emblem of the Union of Quanzar and Alaria consisted of a triskeles with a winged Gorgon head in the middle and three wheat ears, federal symbol of the Union, encircled by a black, white and green tricolor and by golden wheat ears.


The Istalian Republican Flag[]

Italia

The flag adopted by most Istalian Republics

This flag became the national flag of the Country in 2233 when the Quanzarian Republic, officially renamed as the Istalian Republic in 2263, was founded, and remained the national flag until 4574, when it was replaced by the Imperial flag. During the Sixth Republic a simplified version of the flag, without the national emblem, was used. The colors are associated to Istalia and Istalians and are derived from the flag of the Istalian Kingdom, symbol of the fight and the resistance against the Empire of Quanzar. Because the Istalian tricolor was raised during many uprising against the Quanzars, the flag took a nickname: L'Orgogliosa (The Proud one).

Flag of Istalia

The flag of the Sixth Istalian Republic

Description of the flag[]

The flag is a horizontal tricolour of, from above to below, green, white and red. The central white band, larger than the others, is bordered by two thinner blue stripes slightly separated from the green and red bands.

During the first five Istalian republics the flag carried in the center of the white band the emblem of the Istalian Republic, flanked on the right and left by two blue triangles while two white triangles were placed on the blue stripes above and below the coat. These colors were already used into the flag of the Kingdom of Istalia and were adopted by the Istalian republics for their importance to Istalian history and culture. The colors of the Istalian flag derive from the colors shown on the banners of the Kingdom of Istalia, but with the time they were impregnated of symbolism and associated with Istalian nationalist ideals.

Green is the color of the shores of the peninsula Sarrentina seen by the Kingdom of Istalia, which at the time controlled only the island of Alaria; it represents the hope Istalians had to retake the lost territories and reunify the fatherland but also the fertility of the lush Istalian lands; white is the color of purity, indicating how the cause of Istalian fighters was noble, righteous and sinless but it is also the local traditional color of Hosianism, considered the faith of the Istalians in opposition to the Ahmadi faith of the Quanzari invaders, and which during the struggles against them was an important unifying and representative element of the Istalian population; red represents the blood shed by the Istalian people and its martyrs under foreign oppression and during the fight to drive out the foreign occupier.

The blue on the thinner internal bands is another color linked to Istalia, deriving from the most ancient Nacosia House banner, and often used by organizations focused to drive out the Quanzars and to unify the Istalian people. The two stripes above and below the emblem indicates that the Republic is born and is supported by the Istalian people (lower stripe) but also that it is subjected to the will of the istalian people (upper stripe).

The Emblem[]

Emblem of Istalia

The Republican Emblem

The Emblem of the Istalian Republic was introduced togheter with the National flag and was designed to represent the hopes of the nation for the new Istalian, republican and democratic regime and the principles steering its actions and policies.

It comprises a white five-pointed star, with a thin red border, superimposed upon a five-spoked cogwheel, standing between an olive branch to the dexter side and an oak branch to the sinister side; the branches are in turn bound together by a red ribbon with the inscription REPVBBLICA ISTALIANA in white capital letters.

The red-bordered white star is a representation of the Istalian Democracy, because, after the fall of the Emirate, the first republican and democratic regime established in Istalia was the Union of Quanzari Soviets, whose flag had a white star among two olive branchs, symbol of the peace.

Istalian republican National Emblem

Emblem of the Sixth Republic

The five-spoked cogwheel represents faith in the great spirit of civilization and progress, in opposition to the traditionalist, reactionary and illiberal values of the previous Emirate but in general of all the anti-democratic forces which want undermine the liberty of the people.

Finally, both oak and olive trees are characteristic of the Istalian landscape but they also represent, respectively, the strength and dignity of the Italian people and the Istalia's desire for peace, both harmony at home and brotherhood abroad. Elements of the emblem, such as its industrial symbolism and the star, are also clearly influenced by socialist heraldry which had great prominence during the Union of Quanzari Soviets, a democratic socialist state and the first plural democracy in the nation.

During the Sixth Republic a simplified version of the emblem was adopted, which however maintained the elements and symbolism of the older emblem.

The Hessexian Flag of Quanxar[]

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Flag of the Royal Union of Quanzar

This flag was the vessil of the Order of the Golden Crown and was adopted on August 1st, 2685 when the Royal Union of Quanzar was formally declared by the House of Hessex at the end of the First Istalian Republic. The two heads and crowns of the eagle represent Alaria on the right and the Sarrentina Peninsula on the left, respectively. The larger crown in the middle represents the dominion of the Order of Golden Crown on the refounded Quanzarian lands, and so the Royal Union of Quanzar under the House of Hessex. The emblem in the center of the man slaying a serpent is the family seal of the House of Hessex. The scepter and the orb are two symbols of kingly power, and the golden field represents the opulence of the monarchy. The flag was maintained also when the Kingdom became the Holy Empire of Quanzar, but changed when the monarchy was abolished. This flag was adopted as national flag also under the following restored Quanzarian Kingdoms, respectively from 3077 to 3133 under the Kingdom of Quanzar, and from 3291 to 3364 under the Southern Majatran Union and Kingdom of Quanzar, reformed in 3351 into the Union of Quanzar and Istalia.


Transitional Republican Flag of the Holy Empire of Quanzar[]

Post Holy Empire of Quanzar's transitional flag

Transitional flag of 2738

This flag was the one adopted by the republican transitional government which was installed after the fall of the Hessexian monarchy in the Holy Empire of Quanzar (2738). Due to the fact that this republican regime was still under the leadership of the same solentian-luthorian élite which assumed the power with the Hessexian Dynasty, the previous istalian flag was ignored and instead it was adopted a variation of the flag of the Union of Quanzari Soviets, a blue banner with a white star in the middle, in contrast with the Soviets' red flag. This flag, however, was never intended to be the official one but a provisional one to be changed once the Holy Empire was transformed into a republic.
The progressive return at the power of the istalian political forces into the transitional republic, however, blocked any attempt to reform the solentian-luthorian regime which was succeded finally by the Second Istalian Republic.

Flag of the Union of Quanzari Soviets[]

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Flag of the Union of Quanzari Soviets

This is the flag adopted in 2114 by the newly established Union of Quanzari Soviets which has been described with these words:

The new flag shall be a red field defaced with a white five-pointed star inside a laurel wreath. The red field symbolises the effort of the Quanzari people for progress and recognises the suffering of our past. The star represents the five regions that make up the country. The laurel wreath and the white colour symbolises our commitment to peace and security. Using red and white also acknowledges our previous national flag.

Despite there were no mentions to the socialist values, the red field of the flag was clearly used to indicate the adherence of the country to the socialist principles, especially on the economic side, as explained with these words during the debate following the presentation of the flag:

The Flag has to represent the future Union of Soviets, yet the name is not related to ideology, communism in Quanzar is helded dearly but so is pluralism, but it's related to our economical system

Last flag of the Emirate[]

Qemirate

Flag of the Emirate of Quanzar

The last flag of the Emirate of Quanzar was adopted in 2098 to replace the old flag, used until 1934 as official flag of the Quanzar Empire. It was adopted by the NeoSocialist Government after the democratic transition of the end of XXI century, and was created as a conciliatory flag, unifing symbols of the Emirate and its Dynasty and of the new democratic, peaceful and internationalistic values adopted by the democratic government.

The flag abbandoned the classic black banner, too much linked with Ahmadi religious values, a sensible issue during the first democratic years of the Emirate, and instead was adopted a pacific white background with the upper and lower borders painted red, described during its presentation as follow:

It will have the upper and lower borders painted red, from the blood and the courage of the men who fought anywhere in this world for their rights. It will have three simbols in its center. The Emirate hawk on the upper left, the Peace Olive tree in the upper right and the symbol of the secular power in the lower center. The Simbol of the secular power shall represent the three branches of the state, united by the ring of the will of the people.

The symbolism so was very important for this flag as explained: the hawk was the historical dynastic symbol of the Emirate, the Quanzar's Hawk; the Peace Olive tree symbolized the committment of the new democratic regime to promote peaceful international relationships and to promote understanding and harmony inside the nation; the Fleur-De-Lis represented the veritable symbol of the new democratic regime introduced in Quanzar.

Flag of the Istalian Kingdom[]

Regnoistalia

Flag of the Kingdom of Istalia

This was the official flag of the Kingdom of Istalia and was adopted in 1849 by the recently established Parliament of the Kingdom of Istalia which replaced the previous Royal Banner. The traditional blue banner of the reigning Nacosia House was flanked by two vertical red bands representing the people, the life blood of the country. In the middle remained the five-armed Cildanian asterix which was the badge of the Saint Matthias Order, the highest dynastic order of the Kings of Istalia. The colors of the Saint Matthias badge inspired the national istalian colors, given the fact that the Order was instituted by Arthur Gabriel I, second King of Istalia, to reward those who have exceptionally contributed to the reunification cause.


Istalia articles
History of Istalia Ancient history: Qolshamih (City) | Kingdom of Qolshamih | Selucian Colonization | Kingdom of Kerron | Post-Classical period
Medieval history: Early Middle ages | Augustan Empire | Kingdom of Nicoma | Late Middle ages | Ahmadi Caliphate
Modern history: Kingdom of Alaria | Kingdom of Fidelia | Unification attempts | Empire of Quanzar | Kingdom of Istalia
Contemporary history: Emirate of Quanzar | Union of Quanzari Soviets | Rise of the Istalians | Quanzarian Republic | First Istalian Republic | Royal Union of Quanzar | Second Istalian Republic | Kingdom of Quanzar | Third Istalian Republic | Southern Majatran Union and Kingdom of Quanzar | Old Fourth Istalian Empire | Istalian Civil War, 4044–4045 | New Fourth Istalian Empire | Istalian Thallerist Regime | Istalian War against the Thallerist Revolution | Fifth Istalian Republic | First Istalian Empire | Sixth Istalian Republic | Union of Quanzar and Alaria | Second Istalian Empire | Istalian Union of Quanzar and Alaria | Third Istalian Empire
Geography of Istalia Sarrentina Peninsula | Alaria | Climate | Mountains (Nayar Range, Alkhayl Mountains) | Rivers | Lakes | Cities of Istalia
Administrative divisions Federal communities of Istalia | Regions of Istalia
Fidelia | Ferano | Trivendito | Nicoma | Cisavugli
Demographics Ethnic groups: Istalians | Majatrans
Istalian sub-groups: Sarrentini | Alarians
Languages: Istalian | Estalian languages (Cisavuglian, Feranese, Fidelian, Nicomese, Trivenditan) | Majatran
Religions: Aurorian Hosianism | Israi Ahmadism
Culture of Istalia Culture of Istalia | Culture of Sarrentini | Culture of Alarians | National symbols | Flags of Istalia
Government and politics of Istalia Constitution | Emperor (List) | Prime Minister (List) | Council of Ministers | Parliament | Judiciary | Political parties | Governmental agencies and public services in Istalia | Law enforcement in Istalia
Defense and Intelligence Armed Forces of Istalia (Istalian Army, Istalian Navy, Istalian Air Force, Imperial Gendarmerie) | Ranks, insignia and uniforms of the Armed Forces of Istalia | Imperial Services for Security and Intelligence | Imperial Agency for External Defense and Intelligence | Imperial Agency for Internal Security
Economy of Istalia Corporations in Istalia | Enist | Leonardi | HAWS | Hasan-Mariani Holding & Investement Group | Estal | Ajace Aeronautics | IstalAir | Oliverdi | OTO Al-Mehara Armamenti | PMI Media Group | Umana Servizi | Spada S.p.A. | MajAir | Farilla |
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